Albion, Idaho
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Albion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83311. It stands on Land Creek. The Survey maps it on the Albion quadrangle. 234 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,724 feet above sea level.
On record in Albion
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
Albion Methodist Churchlisted 1986
Albion Normal School Campuslisted 1980- Swanger Halllisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresAlbion fell from 267 to 234 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 267 | |
| 2020 | 234 | -33 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Albion quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Oakley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Albion between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,321 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | 10 acres | Idaho Falls District | RURAL ASSIST 11 |
| 9 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 580 acres | Twin Falls District | HWY77MP20 |
| 5 August 2012 | Natural | 4.6 acres | Idaho Falls District | SOUTH HOT WELL |
| 5 August 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | ALBION |
| 4 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | PINE KNOB |
| 31 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | POTTER |
| 29 August 2001 | Natural | 4.9 acres | Twin Falls District | MARSHCREEK |
| 21 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | COTTERELL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Albion: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Marble, Dimension, Silver, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Marble Quarry | Marble, Dimension, Lead | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Old Dominion Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | 1888 | |
| Old Dominion Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Lead | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Albion in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2005 | Flash Flood | Albion | $6,500 | Marsh Creek in Albion flooded. A culvert was washed and one home was flooded. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | - | A 59 mph wind gust recorded at Connor Summit on Idaho 77. |
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | - | A 58 mph wind gust measured off of 950 S. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | - | A private weather station measured a 65 mph wind gust near Highway 77. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | - | A large tree was uprooted by thunderstorm winds in Albion. |
| September 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Albion | - | A weak tonado was confirmed with photographs about 4 to 5 miles east northeast of Albion. It was in open land and did no damage. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Albion | - | One inch hail was reported at the Albion post office by a weather spotter. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Albion | - | Dime-size hail reported by two storm spotters in Albion. Hail accumulated to one inch. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Albion | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Albion | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Albion | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| View | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Declo | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Springdale | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Idahome | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Cotterel | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Connor | 10.0 miles | 10 | |
| Hazel (historical) | 10.1 miles | 9 | |
| Elba | 11.4 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Albion | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1513337 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397366. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.



